GLOBAL HEALTH. Analysis of wastewater is a promising method for monitoring resistance to antibiotics, but can the method also work in countries with the greatest need for improved monitoring? Researchers at the University of Gothenburg are collaborating with colleagues in three African countries to answer this question. Resistance to antibiotics continues to increase among disease-causing bacteria and is a serious and growing public health problem in both Sweden and globally.…
The Swedish Cancer Society funding clinical research position for Erik Elias
GRANT. Erik Elias, researcher at the University of Gothenburg and surgeon at Sahlgrenska University Hospital has received the Swedish Cancer Society’s Junior Clinical Investigator Award. The award enables him to devote at least half of his work time to researching neuroendocrine tumors over six years. Twenty-nine researchers around Sweden are sharing SEK 117.2 million thanks to fundraising efforts by the Swedish Cancer Society. One of these researchers is Erik Elias,…
Cardiopulmonary research in Gothenburg receives SEK 59 million
GRANTS. The Heart-Lung Foundation has awarded SEK 59 million to researchers in Gothenburg, divided among 32 projects. The Heart-Lung Foundation has awarded a total of SEK 333 million to Swedish research. More than two million people in Sweden live with cardiovascular disease. And about 1.3 million live with some form of lung disease, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cardiovascular disease–such as stroke, heart attack, and sudden…
Swedish Research Council projects seek alternatives to opioids for anesthesia
GRANTS. Axel Wolf, a chief nurse, anesthetist, and associate professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, has been awarded SEK 5.5 million from the Swedish Research Council to investigate whether there are adequate, or even better, alternatives to opioids in bariatric surgery. Pain relief without morphine during surgical procedures may sound completely unthinkable to many. Opioids, including morphine, are potent painkillers that provide relief through the central nervous…
Two new Wallenberg Academy Fellows at the University of Gothenburg
GRANTS. Influenza vaccines and drugs for type 2 diabetes are in focus for two young researchers who have been appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows. The researchers are Davide Angeletti and Linda Johansson. Since 2012, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows. The grants provide successful young researchers with long-term resources, allowing them to concentrate on their research. The program also contributes to an increased internationalization of the…